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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Gosudar' ty nash batjushka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
Chto ty izvolish' v kotle varit'?
— Kashicu, matushka, kashicu,
Kashicu, sudarynja, kashicu!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
A gde ty izvolil krupy dostat'?
— Za morem, matushka, za morem,
Za morem, sudarynja, za morem!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
Neshto svojej krupy ne bylo?
— Sornaja, matushka, sornaja,
Sornaja, sudarynja, sornaja!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
A chem ty izvolish' meshat' jee?
— Palkoju, matushka, palkoju,
Palkoju, sudarynja, palkoju!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
A ved' kasha-to vyjdet kruten'ka?
— Kruten'ka, matushka, kruten'ka,
Kruten'ka, sudarynja, kruten'ka!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
A ved' kasha-to vyjdet solona?
— Solona, matushka, solona,
Solona, sudarynja, solona!

— Gosudar' ty nash batjushka,
Gosudar' Petr Aleksejevich,
A kto zh budet jejo raskhlebyvat'?
— Detushki, matushka, detushki,
Detushki, sudarynja, detushki!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1861 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Olenin (1865 - 1944), "Государь ты наш батюшка" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-21
Line count: 35
Word count: 148

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